Forensic The Silence Evidence

Forensic or legal medicine is one of specialistic branch of medicine field of study that helps law enforcement related to human body condition, life or death based on scientific and factual findings-the silence evidence. To be specialist in forensic medicine one should be able to combine his medical knowledge and skill with legal jurisdiction such as by making Visum Et Repertum. More focus on evidence left on human body after violation as well as natural diseases is undoubtedly necessary for scientific factor to interpret silence evidence and proof hypotesis on possible former happenings. Moreover, determination of disease or disability-related violation depends solely on attending competent doctor. So, in case of suspected criminal action on human, role of forensic medicine absolutely exists.

Making visum et repertum is one of legal ways the forensic doctor can communicate his medical interpretation on factual evidence found from victim. Visum et Repertum is written report on human body --whole or partial-- asked by police, made by doctor based on his/her knowledge and under doctor's pledge which mainly explains victim's identification, sign and related symptom of violence, and degree of disease or violation-related disability. In the reason that suspected criminal case has not been unsolved yet, any findings that give addditional clues must be recorded well to ensure that recalling of case could be held. Comprehensive health examination have to be done to prevent skip of important findings. After that, report is written down with 5 main compositions, as opening parts (head of letter and sentence "PRO JUSTITIA", introductory data (data on requesting police institution, brief description on personal victim profile, identity of examining doctor), report on factual findings (whole body character, related sign and symptoms, causal factor identified from victim), medicolegal conclusion (interpretation of report on factoal finding in correlation with jurisdiction) and closing pledge statement.